Vanity Fair (2004)
| Release Date | 01 September 2004 |
| Budget | $23,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $16,000,000 |
| Tagline | In a time of social climbers, Becky Sharp is a mountaineer. |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | UKUSA |
| Filming Locations | Bath, Somerset, England, UK |
| Language | English, French, German |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Period Film, Romantic Drama |
| Mood | High on Emotion |
| Themes | Social Climbing, Haunted By the Past, Rags To Riches |
| Tones | Literate, Sweeping, Witty, Biting, Lavish |
| Tags | Aristocrat, Golddigger, Social Classes, Social Climber, Working Class |
Vanity Fair is a 2004 British-American costume drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name. The previous subject of numerous television and film adaptations, this version made substantial changes, most notably being the almost complete transformation of the character of Becky Sharp.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Francis Sharp
Kate Fleetwood
Miss Pinkerton's Crone
Deborah Findlay
Mrs. Mary Sedley
John Franklyn-Robbins
Mr. Sedley
Paul Bazely
Biju
Charlie Beall
Gambler
David Sterne
Queen's Crawley Mail Coach Driver
Meg Wynn Owen
Lady Crawley
Georgina Edmonds
Young Rose Crawley
Emilie Richardson
Young Celia Crawley
Tim Preece
Horrocks the Butler
Helen Coker
Firkin the Maid
Tim Seely
Doctor
Sophie Hunter
Maria Osborne
Paul Bentall
Coalman
Sean McKenzie
Auctioneer
Sian Thomas
Lady Darlington
Trevor Cooper
General Tufto
Brian Pettifer
Mr. Raggles
Steven Elder
Curzon Street Footman
Gabrielle Lloyd
Nursemaid
William Melling
Young Rawdy Crawley
Daniel Hay
Young Georgy Osborne
Niall O'Brien
Mr. Moss
Anu Gopalakrishnan
Desert Beauty
Tom Beard
Officer
Roma Edmonds
Older Rose Crawley
Gledis Cinque
Older Celia Crawley
Thomas Grant
Little Pitt Crawley
Kelly Hunter
Lady Steyne
Alexandra Staden
Lady George
Jonny Phillips
Mr. Wenham
Richard McCabe
The King
Veerendra Saxena
Coventry Island Man
Bruce Mackinnon
Casino Boy
Tim Bentinck
German Official
Andrew Price
Casino Stranger
Chloe Treend
Dancer: Slave Dance
Stefane Sauer
Dancer: Slave Dance
Nicole Forbes
Dancer: Slave Dance
Amanda Courtney-Davies
Dancer: Slave Dance
Louise Weekley
Dancer: Slave Dance
Lene Langgaard
Dancer: Slave Dance
Sarah Mogg
Dancer: Slave Dance
Tracey Lushington
Dancer: Slave Dance
Sandy Borne
Dancer: Slave Dance
Stephanie McMillan
Dancer: Slave Dance
Suzanne Thomas
Dancer: Slave Dance
Mari Baade
Dancer: Slave Dance
K. Knight
Dancer: Slave Dance
Sylvano Clarke
Dancer: Slave Dance
Max Bollinger
German Casino Goer
Tatyana Lavrentyeva
Posh Scarlet Lady
Vijay Raaz
Indian Servant
Director
Writer
Matthew Faulk
Mark Skeet
Producer
S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer
line producer: India
Ray Angelic
line producer: India
Howard Cohen
executive producer
Pippa Cross
executive producer
Janette Day
producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher
producer
Matthew Faulk
associate producer
Jane Frazer
co-producer
Donna Gigliotti
producer
Jonathan Lynn
executive producer
Mark Skeet
associate producer
Dinaz Stafford
associate producer
Original Music
Mychael Danna
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Cinematographer
Declan Quinn
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Editor
Allyson C. Johnson
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Casting Director
Mary Selway
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Loveleen Tandan
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Production Designer
Maria Djurkovic
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Art Director
Nick Palmer
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Sam Stokes
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Lucinda Thomson
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Set Decorator
Kalpa Dave
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Tatiana Lund
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Costume Designer
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
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Makeup Department
Bee Archer
additional hair stylist, additional makeup artist
Zoe Brown
additional hair stylist, additional makeup artist
Anita Burger
makeup artist
Blanka Dudas
makeup artist
John Henry Gordon
additional hair stylist, additional makeup artist
Annabel Hill
makeup artist
Virginia Holmes
assistant makeup: India
Joe Hopker
additional makeup artist, additional hair stylist
Sue Ignatius
additional hair stylist, additional makeup artist
Rebecca Lafford
makeup artist: Ms. Witherspoon
Mai Layton
additional makeup artist, additional hair stylist
Sadie Lunn
hair trainee, makeup trainee
Fran Needham
hair stylist: crowd, makeup artist: crowd
Jacqueline Russon
makeup artist
Loulia Sheppard
hairdresser: Ms. Witherspoon
Jenny Shircore
hair designer, makeup designer
Chang Su Chan Shiu
assistant hair stylist: India
Barbara Taylor
crowd hair stylist
Production Manager
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Baker
second assistant director
Adam Coop
additional third assistant director
Reema Kagti
second assistant director: India
Max Keene
first assistant director
Candy Marlowe
second assistant director: crowd
Danny McGrath
third assistant director
Jay Jay Odedra
second unit director
Stuart Renfrew
first assistant director: India
Akshay Roy
third assistant director: India
Art Department
Chris Cull
property master
Belinda Cusmano
assistant set decorator
Amy Dewar
art department runner
Gill Farr
production buyer
Emily Lutyens
graphic artist
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
supervising designer: India
Simon Riley
stand-by props
Adrian Start
paint supervisor
Hattie Storey
art department assistant
Sarah Stuart
stand-by art director
Chris Ulusele
stand-by props
Tom Whitehead
draughtsman
Billy Wilson
lead dressing props
Sound Department
Marko A. Costanzo
foley artist
Dan Edelstein
foley editor
Robert Fernandez
sound re-recording mixer
Peter Gleaves
adr mixer
Dan Korintus
dialogue editor
Drew Kunin
production sound mixer
Marissa Littlefield
adr editor
Tony Martinez
supervising sound editor
Eric McAllister
assistant sound editor
Kate Morath
boom operator, sound maintenance
Luke Neuman
assistant sound
Mary Ellen Porto
sound effects editor
Steve Schwartz
assistant sound editor
Warren Shaw
supervising sound editor
Jeffrey Stern
dialogue editor
Eric Strausser
assistant sound editor
Bill Sweeney
foley editor
Dominick Tavella
sound re-recording mixer
Alexander Beddow
adr recordist
Special Effects
James Davis III
special effects senior technician
Hugh Goodbody
special effects technician
Mark Holt
special effects supervisor
Visual Effects
Ryan Beadle
digital I/O
R.J. Harbour
digital compositor
Mark Sawicki
optical camera
Stunts
Andy Bradford
stunt coordinator
Nrinder Dhudwar
stunt coordinator
Levan Doran
stunt double
Camera and Electrical Department
John Adefarasin
second assistant camera: "a" camera, clapper loader: "a" camera
Ben Battersby
additional second assistant camera, clapper loader: "b" camera
Klemens Becker
camera operator: "a" camera, Steadicam operator
David Cadwallader
grip: "a" camera
Chris Clarke
additional second assistant camera
Frank Connor
still photographer
David Cozens
first assistant camera: "a" camera, focus puller: "a" camera
Barnaby Crocker
assistant camera
Steve Cussell
electrician
Mulchand Dedhia
gaffer: India
Ian Franklin
rigging gaffer
Nick Kenealy
video assist operator
Paul Molloy
electrician
G. Monic Kumar
first assistant camera: "b" camera, India
Ronan Murphy
additional grip
Ed Nessen
second assistant camera: "a" camera, India
Heather Norton
first assistant camera: "a" camera, India
Jay Jay Odedra
camera operator: "b" camera, director of photography: second unit
Brian Strange
camera trainee
Iain Struthers
additional focus puller
Tammo Van Hoorn
additional first assistant camera
David Wall
chief rigging electrician
Casting Department
Lucy Bevan
casting assistant
Louis Elman
adr voice casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Arjun Bhasin
costume designer: India
Jenny Hawkins
costume set supervisor
Amanda Keable
costume supervisor
Urmilla Lal Motwani
wardrobe supervisor: India
Sophie Norinder
dresser: Ms. Witherspoon
Julia Patkos
costume design assistant
Jacqueline Simpson
costume maker
Editorial Department
Kenny Becker
color timer
Yana Collins Lehman
post-production assistant
Jack Lewars
assistant color timer: Efilm
James Nichols Jr.
assistant editor
David O. Rogers
assistant editor
David A. Smith
assistant editor
Shelly Westerman
assistant film editor
Music Department
Christine Bergren
music legal and clearance
Mychael Danna
orchestrator
Terry Davies
dance music by
Nicholas Dodd
orchestrator, conductor
Jennifer L. Dunnington
music editor
Vic Fraser
music copyist
Brad Haehnel
music mixer
Paul Talkington
musician contractor
Transportation Department
Peter Devlin
transport coordinator
Chris Hammond
driver: minibus
Other Crew
Imtiaz Amir
production accountant
Maria Bisset
assistant horse master
Christian Brockey
production coordinator: India
Stephanie Carroll
visual consultant
Gilly Case
location scout
Mike Clark-Hall
floor runner
Hannah Collett
assistant: Ms. Witherspoon
Martin Nigel Davey
stand-in
Heather Dixon
assistant: Ms. Pilcher
Anu Gopalakrishnan
assistant: Ms. Nair
Susie Gossling Valerio
stand-in
Steve Hart
second location manager
Uzma Hasan
logger
Dan Hillsdon
assistant accountant
Saarrah Imtiaz
assistant to accountant
Amy Irvine
stand-in
Ali James
location assistant
Sally Jones
script supervisor
Claudia Kalindjian
unit publicist
Simrun Kalra
assistant: Ms. Nair
Geeta Kapoor
assistant choreographer
Debbie Kaye
horse master
Julie Landholt
end title graphics
Marcus Lansdell
cine mosaic
Richard Lindsay
assistant location manager
Hayley Lyon
assistant accountant
Miranda Marks
assistant production coordinator
Jill McCullough
dialect coach
Jack Murphy
choreographer
Cindy Newman
dog handler
Hermione Ninnim
production coordinator
James Payton
stand-in
David Pinnington
location manager
Ashley Rudden
creative executive
Joe Russo
interviews: post-production
Adelaide Scardino
assistant: Ms. Day
David Seaton
assistant location manager
Payal Sethi
local production coordinator: Mirabai Films
Yasmine Stafford
production coordinator
Alistair Thompson
production accountant
Aminta Townshend
assistant script supervisor
Jane Trower
first assistant accountant
Brett Tyne
assistant: Ms. Frazer
Laura Sophie Ware
production runner
Pam Weaver
animal handler: farm animals
Thanks
Barry Alexander Brown
special thanks
Production Company
Focus Features
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Granada Film Productions
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Epsilon Motion Pictures
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Tempesta Films
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Distributor
Focus Features
Good Machine International
Alfa Films
Artecinema
Eagle Pictures
Filmcoopi Zürich
Hollywood Classic Entertainment
Odeon
Pandasia Entertainment
Shaw Organisation
Tayrona Entertainment Group
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
Alliance Atlantis Home Video
PlazaVista Entertainment
Scanbox Entertainment
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
,
Universal Pictures Benelux
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universum Film (UFA)
,
Special Effects
Custom Film Effects
Snow Business International
Miscellaneous
2020 Casting
extras casting
ARRI Lighting Rental
lighting equipment
ARRI Media
camera equipment provided by
Access Bookings
accommodation
Almost Human
animal handling: farm animals
Animals Galore
dog handler
Blowup
stills processing
Casting Collective
extras casting
Classic Sound Ltd.
mobile recording unit
Custom Film Effects
opticals
D. Bassett & Associates
negative cutting
De Lane Lea Sound Centre
adr recording
Decca Records
soundtrack published by
EFilm
film scanning and recording
Global Music Service
music copyist
Henry Wood Hall
music recorded at
Kodak
motion picture film supplied by
Lee Lifting
cranes
Midnight Transfer
sound transfer, dailies telecine transfers
Nationwide Access
cranes
Philharmonia Orchestra, The
music performed by
Pivotal Post
editing equipment, Avid editing equipment provided by
Sands Films
costumier
Sony Studios
music mixed at
Sound One Corporation
sound re-recording
Title House Digital
end titles
Trollback & Company
main titles
UMG Soundtracks
soundtrack published by
Wavevend Communications
radios
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